eclectic mix of architecture & why i’m scared to go downtown

I’ve tried twice to capture the amazing mix of architecture of downtown Birmingham. The first time, i went downtown on a Sunday morning, with a friend who grew up in Paris. I had my Nikon with me & gave my friend an older one. As we came around a corner, we were confronted by a…

the Showplace of the South

The Alabama Theatre is an amazing place inside. I hope to show my own pictures of it someday. Sorry about the quality, i took these with a hot mid afternoon sun with my iPhone.

i’ve got the Monday blues

lucky me. it took me 15 minutes to pick the blueberries this morning. it took about 3 minutes for our family of five to eat half. the tomatoes & one strawberry came out of the gardens today too.  

Alabama ‘meat & three’ defined by a Vermonter

i moved from the hippy-dippy, healthy-eating, all natural, homegrown food-eating, state of Vermont to Alabama in 1993. LONG STORY. one day, at my new job, the ladies all gathered in the front of the camera store & asked me if i wanted to go out for veggies for lunch. I thought it would be a…

what to do with my kids over summer break

i have an 11 year old son & a 13 year old daughter. if they had their way, they would be hermits…hermits hiding their rooms, with their brains dripping out their ears from too much internet. i made up a schedule of things that GOING TO HAPPEN everyday. one hour at least outside (yes, a…

life reflected in diamonds

i would have loved to buy the diamond mirror pots, it would bring so much light inside my house. i would hope that the light would dance off & decorate my whole house in diamonds. oakstreetgardenshop.com A local family owned & operated shop in Birmingham, Alabama. Support your local neighbors it makes your home town…

farm fresh veggies @ Oak Street Garden shop

tomato lovers…if you buy green tomatoes with ripe ones & leave them on your counter or table, they will ripen over time (a few days) & taste JUST. LIKE. YOU. PICKED. THEM. OUT. OF. YOUR. GARDEN! oakstreetgardenshop.com 115 Oak St. Birmingham, Alabama  #buylocal